Original Material
Claim This Podcastby Gemma Syme
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<p><span>What are your top three songs that inspired, defined, and blew your mind when you were in high school? </span></p><p><span>Kia ora, my name is Gemma and Original Material is a podcast where I interview guests about what music captured their teen spirit. </span></p><p><span>Please subscribe, so when the podcast is released you will be the first in line!</span></p><p><span>In high school I had so many moments where music jolted something within me that gave me connection to something beyond the conventional… something bigger than myself. Something that sounded like me. </span></p><p><span>I release music under the musical username of Instant Fantasy, and as I celebrate the release of remixes of my original recording of The Wet EP coming out through Sunreturn, now felt like the perfect time to talk to some of the artists and people involved with the original EP about their original material.</span></p><p><span>---</span></p><p>The views and opinions expressed on Original Material are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organisation. Content is for entertainment and informational purposes only.</p>
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July 7, 2026
Original Material: Matt Beauchamp Buck
<p>Welcome to Original Material. I’m Gemma Syme, and each episode I ask my favorite musicians to share three songs that blew their minds in high school, three words that described their teenage selves, and one track every young person needs to hear today.</p><p><u>Introducing Today’s Guest</u></p><p>From an 11-year-old kid whose primary job in his first band was hitting the "on and off" button on a Casio keyboard's drum loop, to being my band mate in Holidays with Friends in the late 2000’s charging around Wellington’s alt-indie scene, Matt Buck joins me today.</p><p>Matt takes us on a journey through his older siblings' music collections, tuning into Channel Z from the bathtub, and how a chic, pale-blue album cover featuring a glass chair completely changed how he looked at the connection between music and visuals. We also talk about his first band, The Mabin Experience, his love for "unbelievably smooth" vocals, and how his synaesthesia allows him to literally see sounds as distinct colors and three-dimensional objects. </p><p><br></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>0:00:00 Welcome to Original Material</p><p>00:01:51 What were three words that you would use to describe yourself as a teenager</p><p>00:03:46 How did you discover new music in high school?</p><p>00:06:25 Song #1: The Strokes – “Hard To Explain”</p><p>00:11:44 Song #2: Jimi Hendrix – “All Along The Watchtower”</p><p>00:18:05 Song #3: Beck – “Debra”</p><p>00:28:10 One song all teens today should hear: The Modern Lovers – “She Cracked”</p><p><br></p><p>Stream or buy the tracks featured in the podcast here: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/P9nSbOpqMI</p><p><br></p><p>https://holidaywithfriends.bandcamp.com/</p><p>https://myspace.com/thanksforthename</p><p>https://instantfantasy.bandcamp.com/</p><p>https://www.sunreturn.co.nz/</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is for educational purposes. Any opinions and all that jazz is the hosts only, and not their employers and such.</p><p><br></p><p>Created, recorded by Gemma Syme</p><p>Edited by Daif King</p>
June 30, 2026
Original Material: Junus Orca AKA Josh Holmes
<p>Welcome to Original Material. I’m Gemma Syme, and each episode I ask my favorite musicians to share three songs that blew their minds in high school, three words that described their teenage selves, and one track every young person needs to hear today.</p><p><u>Introducing Today’s Guest</u></p><p>Today’s guest is someone who spent his childhood holidays rewiring his brain by looping Blink-182 and Oasis on a Philips Discman, learnt his first bass lines on a one-stringed 1960s guitar, and his name is Josh Holmes</p><p>You’ll know him best as Junus Orca, his solo electronic music project where he crafts deeply atmospheric, textured, and visceral soundscapes. Today, we are tracing his sonic roots back to Maidstone, UK. We talk about the 10-year-old "grunge" kid who first introduced him to heavy rock, obsessing over music videos on Kerrang! TV and MTV2, and how a classic 90s club anthem directly inspired one of his own songs today.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>0:00:00 Welcome to Original Material</p><p>00:01:09 What were three words that you would use to describe yourself as a teenager</p><p>00:05:02 How did you discover new music in high school?</p><p>00:08:24 Song #1: +44 – “Chapter 13”</p><p>00:14:22 Song #2: Blink-182 – “Down”</p><p>00:19:50 Song #3: Robert Miles – “Children”</p><p>00:27:19 One song all teens today should hear: Malibu – “Camargue”</p><p><br></p><p>Stream or buy the tracks featured in the podcast here: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/3X3Yu55bYD</p><p><br></p><p>https://junusorca.bandcamp.com/</p><p>https://instantfantasy.bandcamp.com/</p><p>https://www.sunreturn.co.nz/</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is for educational purposes. Any opinions and all that jazz is the hosts only, and not their employers and such.</p><p><br></p><p>Created, recorded by Gemma Syme</p><p>Edited by Daif King</p>
June 23, 2026
Original Material: Yvois AKA Ivy Rossiter
<p>Welcome to Original Material! I’m Gemma Syme, and on this podcast I talk to some of my favourite musicians about three songs that inspired, defined, or absolutely blew their minds back in high school.</p><p>We also dive into the three words that described them as a teenager, and I ask for the one track they believe every young person should hear today.</p><p><u>Introducing Today’s Guest</u></p><p>Before she was the brilliant electronic artist Yvois, an Ableton wizard, and an inspiring music educator—teenage Ivy Rossiter was a rule-following classical guitar student filled with a whole lot of unspoken punk rage. </p><p>Today, Ivy helps students find their own creative voices, but her own musical journey started in a much more turbulent place. We're going back to the days of Channel Z radio broadcasts, single-sex school dynamics, and the isolation of being a Rotary Exchange student in a tiny, conservative Catholic town in Canada. It’s a story about fighting the inner critic, discovering social justice through a pair of cherry red Doc Martens, and finding a sense of belonging in the music when the world around you feels completely overwhelming.</p><p><u>Chapters:</u></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:45 What were three words that you would use to describe yourself as a teenager</p><p>00:04:40 How did you discover new music in high school?</p><p>00:9:38 Song #1: Operation Ivy – “Unity”</p><p>00:20:10 Song #2: Ani DiFranco – “Untouchable Face”</p><p>00:27:25 Song #3: Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”</p><p>00:32:40 One song all teens today should hear: Chumbawamba – “The Day the Nazis Died”</p><p><br></p><p>Stream or buy the tracks featured in the podcast here: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/0Cmb0TRuVa</p><p><br></p><p>Mentions in the podcast:</p><p>Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff podcast "Chumbawumba" episodes: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-one-chumbawamba-how-to-sell-101682170/</p><p>https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/czm-rewind-part-two-chumbawamba-how-251597094/</p><p>Lillith Fair Documentary: https://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/lilith-fair-building-a-mystery/</p><p><br></p><p>https://yvois.com/</p><p>https://instantfantasy.bandcamp.com/</p><p>https://www.sunreturn.co.nz/</p><p><br></p><p>Created, recorded by Gemma Syme</p><p>Edited by Gemma Syme and Daif King</p><p>This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes. Any opinions and all that jazz is the hosts only, and not their employers and such.</p>
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- What is Original Material?
<p><span>What are your top three songs that inspired, defined, and blew your mind when you were in high school? </span></p><p><span>Kia ora, my name is Gemma and Original Material is a podcast where I interview guests about what music captured their teen spirit. </span></p><p><span>Please subscribe, so when the podcast is released you will be the first in line!</span></p><p><span>In high school I had so many moments where music jolted something within me that gave me connection to something beyond the conventional… something bigger than myself. Something that sounded like me. </span></p><p><span>I release music under the musical username of Instant Fantasy, and as I celebrate the release of remixes of my original recording of The Wet EP coming out through Sunreturn, now felt like the perfect time to talk to some of the artists and people involved with the original EP about their original material.</span></p><p><span>---</span></p><p>The views and opinions expressed on Original Material are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organisation. Content is for entertainment and informational purposes only.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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